The Short Version
- Every Mazda kei car is a rebadged Suzuki. Every one.
- The chassis codes give it away — Mazda changes two letters and keeps the numbers.
- 4×100 throughout, with 54 mm on the cars and 60 mm on the Scrum commercials.
- Sometimes the Mazda page is better documented than the Suzuki one.
The Mapping
Mazda has not built its own kei car in decades. Everything with a Mazda badge and a 660 cc engine is a Suzuki, and the chassis codes make it obvious once you know the trick: Mazda keeps Suzuki’s numbers and changes the letters.
| Mazda | Chassis | Is really a | Donor chassis | PCD / Holes / Bore |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carol | HB23S, HB24S, HB25S, HB36S, HB37S, HB97S | Suzuki Alto | HA23S, HA24S, HA25S, HA36S, HA37S, HA97S | 100 / 4 / 54 |
| AZ-Wagon | MJ21S, MJ22S, MJ23S, MD22S | Suzuki Wagon R | MH21S, MH22S, MH23S, MC22S | 100 / 4 / 54 |
| Flair | MJ34S, MJ44S, MJ55S, MJ85S, MJ95S | Suzuki Wagon R | MH34S, MH44S, MH55S, MH85S, MH95S | 100 / 4 / 54 |
| Flair Wagon | MM21S, then MM32S onward | Suzuki Palette, then Spacia | MK21S, then MK32S onward | 100 / 4 / 54 |
| Flair Crossover | MS31S, MS41S, MS52S, MS92S | Suzuki Hustler | MR31S, MR41S, MR52S, MR92S | 100 / 4 / 54 |
| Scrum Truck | DG16T, DG63T, DG62T | Suzuki Carry | DA16T, DA63T, DA62T | 100 / 4 / 60 |
| Scrum Van / Wagon | DG17V, DG64V, DG17W, DG64W | Suzuki Every / Every Wagon | DA17V, DA64V, DA17W, DA64W | 100 / 4 / 60 |
Note the pattern in the codes. HB23S is HA23S. MJ34S is MH34S. DG16T is DA16T. Same digits, one or two letters different. Once you see it you can identify any Mazda kei car in seconds.
One Correction Worth Making
It is commonly repeated that the first-generation Flair is based on the MR Wagon. The chassis-code evidence does not support that.
The Flair’s MJ34S corresponds to the Wagon R’s MH34S, and the two existed concurrently with matching wheel figures. The MR Wagon uses MF-prefixed codes, which appear on the Nissan Moco instead — see below.
So: Flair is Wagon R, not MR Wagon. We are stating it because the wrong version circulates freely and it matters if you are buying parts.
The Commercials Are 60 mm, Not 54
Important and easy to miss. The Scrum — the truck, van and wagon — runs a 60 mm bore where the Mazda passenger kei cars run 54.
That is the Suzuki Carry and Every figure, and it is one of the reasons kei commercial vehicles are their own world. We covered the broader point in our kei truck and van guide, and the Minicab’s 4×114.3 is the extreme case.
So a Carol wheel does not belong on a Scrum, despite both being Mazda kei vehicles with four studs on 100 mm.
When the Rebadge Is Better Documented
Here is the genuinely useful finding, and it reverses the usual pattern.
We have documented five badge pairs where the mainstream badge has a hub bore and the twin does not. On the Scrum, it goes the other way: the Mazda pages carry a confirmed 60 mm on every Scrum grade, while several Suzuki Carry and Every Wagon grades of the same generation are marked unresearched.
Our own reading of the Carry page bears this out — of 234 DA16T rows, only 23 carry a bore figure; the rest are blank.
So if you own a Suzuki Carry or Every and the database gives you nothing, read the Mazda Scrum page for the matching chassis code. That is a genuinely practical trick and it generalises: when your car’s page is thin, find its rebadge.
Buying
Everything here is 4×100, so wheels are abundant. The bore is the question:
- Carol, AZ-Wagon, Flair, Flair Wagon, Flair Crossover — 54 mm, same as their Suzuki donors
- Scrum — 60 mm
And the standing kei warning: Honda and Mitsubishi kei cars use 56 mm. Those wheels bolt to a Carol and sit two millimetres loose.
Importing
The older Carol and AZ-Wagon generations are past or approaching 25 years. The Scrum truck and van are the ones with real overseas demand, and they are mechanically identical to the Suzuki Carry and Every that everyone already imports — sometimes cheaper, because the badge is less sought after.
What We Could Not Verify
- Hub bore for several older Suzuki Every and Every Wagon grades (DA62W, DA52W and similar), marked unresearched on the donor page.
- Whether every AZ-Wagon grade’s offset matches its Wagon R equivalent exactly — the PCD and bore match, but a few individual grade offsets differ slightly.